* * * November Challenge * * *

No Snacks, no sweets, no seconds. Except on Days that start with S. Too simple for you? Simple is why it works. Look here for questions, introductions, support, success stories.

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tobiasmom
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* * * November Challenge * * *

Post by tobiasmom » Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:37 pm

"I met my goal!" challenge

Gonna start this for reneew!

I challenge you to set a goal to meet by the end of the month and if you meet your goal, you get to declare your success to the world! (O.K. at least everyone who reads this thread.)

This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. We will all keep tabs on each other. Think of this as your own little cheering section.

- Write down what your goal is at the top of your post and then update us as to how you're doing. It's O.K. to not post daily, but try to keep us updated. Accountability helps!

- *Remember* to only post once at the top and edit that first post all month. It's easier to skim-read and find each other.

- Please re-read that last one, some people don't get it.

- Monday we will continue posting at the bottom for encouragement and fun.

- This challenge is meant for all of us to give support, so let's try hard to do that.

- anyone can start whenever through out the month. The more ~ the merrier!

- good luck and have fun with it!

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November!

Post by tobiasmom » Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:43 pm

I am totally in this month! Gonna get back to the basics of vanilla No-S. Gonna focus on one habit per month. So this month I'm just working on my N days. Starting today, the 2nd.
SW: 211.8

11.2: SUCCESS! :)
11.3: SUCCESS! :)
11.4: S DAY! Sometimes I like my S day on an F day instead (very sane. just soda and some Halloween candy)........
11.5: S DAY! Peach cobbler and LOTS of chips and dip.
11.6: SUCCESS! :)
11.7: SUCCESS! :)
11.8: SUCCESS! :)
11.9: SUCCESS! :)
11.10: SUCCESS! :)
11.11: FAILURE!
11.12: S DAY!
11.13: S DAY!

11.14: FAILURE!
11.15: SUCCESS! :)
11.16: SUCCESS! :)
11.17: SUCCESS! :)

11.18: FAILURE!
11.19: S DAY!
11.20: S DAY!
11.21: FAILURE!
11.22: FAILURE!
11.23: FAILURE!

11.24: THANKSGIVING!
11.25: FAILURE!
11.26: S DAY!
11.27: S DAY!

11.28: FAILURE!
11.29: FAILURE!
11.30: FAILURE!
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Post by bjalda » Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:04 pm

Nice! I am going to work on my N-Day habits a little more..
My goal is: To do better than last month - again! Last month I had ("only") 3 failures, so it's getting a little trickier this time :P)!

01: Green
02: Green
03: Green
04: Green

05: Yellow
06: Yellow

07: Red
08: Birthday of my roommate
09: Red
10: Red
11: Red

12: Yellow
13: Yellow
14:
15:
16:
17:
18:
19:
20:
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Post by gk » Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:31 pm

I'm in! (and here to stay this time :) ). My goal is vanilla No S.

11/1 - Success
11/2 - Success
11/3 - Success
11/4 - Success
11/5 - S Day
11/6 - S Day
11/7 - Success (struggled! :shock: )
11/8 - Success
11/9 - Success
11/10 - Success
11/11 - Success (1st time in a LONG time I've made it this far green - yay!! :D )
11/12 - S Day
11/13 - S Day
11/14 - Success
11/15 - Success SO CLOSE, but decided I needed sleep more than chocolate - it worked!
11/16 - Fail - Finally caved. Mark it and move on.
11/17 - Fail
11/18 - Fail - Not a very green week, but next week'll be better
11/19 - S Day
11/20 - S Day
11/21 - Success - Whew!! Struggled, but I made it!
11/22 - Success
11/23 - NWS Day - My daughter's 10th birthday!
11/24 - S Day - Thanksgiving - gobble, gobble - and boy, did I ever!
11/25 - Fail - Got caught up in the whole celebrating thing. Oh well....mark it and move on. Monday's just around the corner. :wink:
11/26 - S Day
11/27 - S Day
11/28 - Fail - Need to quit the sweets!
11/29 - Fail - I'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict that the rest of my month will be red. Oh well - the first part was green anyway. :D
11/30 -
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Post by Jayhawk28 » Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:48 pm

I'm in! Vanilla No S. 215 lbs on 11/1. Will not weigh again until 12/1.

11/1: Success!
11/2: Success!
11/3: Success!
11/4: Success!
11/5: S Day
11/6: S Day
11/7: Success
11/8: Success!
11/9: Success!
11/10:Success!
11/11:Success
11/12:S Day
11/13:S Day
11/14: Success
11/15: Success
11/16: Success
11/17: Failure
11/18: Success
11/19: S Day
11/20: S Day
11/21: Success
11/22: Success
11/23: Success
11/24: S Day
11/25: Success
11/26: S Day
11/27: S Day
11/28: Success
11/29:
11/30:
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Post by veggirl1964 » Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:11 pm

It totally worked for me last month. I'm in for another Vanilla No S month!

01 - :mrgreen:
02 - :mrgreen:
03 - :mrgreen:
04 - :mrgreen:
05 - :D
06 - :D
07 - :mrgreen:
08 - :mrgreen:
09 - :mrgreen:
10 - :mrgreen:
11 - :D Veteran's Day
12 - :D
13 - :D
14 - :( Sick Day
15 - :( Sick Day
16 - :( Sick Day
17 - :( Sick Day
18 - :oops: Finally! I'm not throwing up! But, I'm not NoS today either.
19 - :D
20 - :D
21 - :mrgreen:
22 - :mrgreen:
23 - :mrgreen:
24 - :D (Thanksgiving)
25 - :mrgreen:
26 - :D
27 - :D
28 - :mrgreen:
29 - :mrgreen:
30 -:mrgreen:
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Post by oolala53 » Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:19 pm

I'm in for the trifecta: No S, pseudo-shovelglove for 14 minutes, Cardio Ranger.
11/1: Success all three
11/2: Success all three
11/3:
11/4:
11/5:
11/6:
11/7:
11/8:
11/9:
11/10: Failure
11/11: Failure all around
11/12: S day
11/13: S day
11/14:No s success
11/15: No S and 14 minutes success
11/16: No S and 14 minutes success
11/17:
11/18:
11/19:
11/20:
11/21:
11/22:
11/23:
11/24: NWS Day
11/25:
11/26:
11/27:
11/28:
11/29:
11/30:
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9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
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1/21-23

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Post by ZippaDee » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:25 am

Very happy to see this thread! I'm restarting NoS this month and I think this accountability will help me!! Began NoS on Oct. 13th of last year. I had several successful months and then.....well....my train derailed. :? But, I'm back and ready to go. My goal for this month is simply Vanilla NoS. It's not difficult. I just need to DO IT! I'm expecting that S days may be a bit wild to start, but that's ok for now.

Nov. 1: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 2: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 3: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 4: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 5: yellow :)
Nov. 6: yellow :)
Nov. 7: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 8: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 9: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 10: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 11: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 13: yellow :D
Nov. 14: yellow :D
Nov. 15: GREEN :mrgreen:
Nov. 16: GREEN :mrgreen:
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Post by ~reneew » Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:24 pm

Wow, I think a challenge from someone else besides myself might be just what I need! I'm doing vanilla. I will do this starting now'til the end of the month and have no more than 7 reds which will still be an improvement. :roll:

November:

3- :mrgreen:
4- :mrgreen:
5- :wink: S
6- :wink: S
7- :oops: grrr
8-
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I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by Tink117 » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:39 pm

This is my first time and first month on NoS :) I'm going for Vanilla NoS with less than 4 Red days. I'm setting a reachable goal to keep me going!

11/1 - Success
11/2 - Success
11/3 - Success
11/4 - Fail - :( I had a low blood sugar and had sugar
11/5 - S Day :) went well for my 1st S day! I didn't go crazy and binge!
11/6 - S Day Another good s day :)
11/7 - My birthday :D S day! I enjoyed it :) I had some chocolate which my Fiancé got me AND I didn't feel guilty!
11/8 - Success After 3 S days in a row today was hard, but I'm going to go brush my teeth so I don't get off track!
11/9 - Success
11/10 - Fail I had a low blood sugar and it threw my whole day off :(
11/11 - Success
11/12 - S Day
11/13 - S Day
11/14 - Success
11/15 - Success Wishing it was the weekend already!
11/16 - Success
11/17 - Fail I had dinner at my so to be in-laws and there was pecan pie... end of story
11/18 - Success
11/19 - S Day
11/20 - S Day
11/21 -
11/22 -
11/23 -
11/24 - S day :) gobble gobble
11/25 -
11/26 -
11/27 -
11/28 -
11/29 -
11/30 -
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Post by ~hf » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:58 am

I'm late joining in but my goal is to stick to No S for the entire month with out going back to my low-carb attempts. Bonus points if I make it into the 21 Day Club.
Nov.
1 XX
2 XX
3 XX
4 :mrgreen: Success!
5 :D S day, had treats
6 :D S day, had treats, visited the low carb group but I'm still commited to No S and whole foods. I thinking about dropping my current worst habit, Maybe tomorrow or Tuesday.
7 :mrgreen:
8 :mrgreen:
9 :mrgreen:
10 :mrgreen:
11 :mrgreen:
12 :D
13 :D
14 :mrgreen:
15 :D I drove down for my interview today, 4 hours on the road and a stop to IKEA.
16 :mrgreen:
17 :mrgreen:
18 :mrgreen:
19 :D
20 :D
21 :mrgreen:
22
23
24 :D gobble gobble :D
25
26 :D
27 :D
28
29
30
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SW 236.4
10/26/11 restart date
1st goal 21 day club !accomplished! 11/24/11
2nd goal 10% loss
3rd goal...????

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Post by LoriLifts » Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:26 pm

It's not too late to turn November around...I'm in! I'm working on 1 habit at a time. This month it's No Snacks.

11/5 S Day
11/6 S Day
11/7 SUCCESS I conquered the 4pm snack monster by brushing my teeth!
11/8 SUCCESS
11/9
11/10
11/11
11/12
11/13
11/14
11/15
11/16
11/17
11/18
11/19
11/20
11/21
11/22
11/23
11/24
11/25
11/26
11/27
11/28
11/29
11/30
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Post by threewhales » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:30 pm

My goal for this month is Vanilla No S.
11/1 - snack
11/2 - snack
11/3 - :mrgreen:
11/4 - :mrgreen:
11/5 - S Day
11/6 - S Day
11/7 - snack, seconds...I really need to get a plan in place for right after school!
11/8 - :mrgreen: I made a birthday card for my Big Sister today after school...which kept me from eating before supper...Yea!!!!
11/9 - :mrgreen:
11/10 - My Birthday S day :!:
11/11 - sweet
11/12 - S day
11/13 - S day
11/14 - :mrgreen:
11/15 - :mrgreen:
11/16 - :mrgreen:
11/17 - :mrgreen:
11/18 - :mrgreen:
11/19 - S Day
11/20 - S day
11/21 - SICK day
11/22 - SICK day
11/23 - :mrgreen:
11/24 - :mrgreen:
11/25 - Thanksgiving for my family
11/26 - S day
11/27 - S day
11/28 -
11/29 -
11/30 -
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Post by gk » Wed Nov 16, 2011 2:34 am

We're halfway through everyone - hang in there! We can do this!!!!! :)
SW (as of 3/25/13): 172 lbs.
CW: 171 lbs.

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Post by snapdragon » Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:16 am

I wanna join too! Okay I'm in late.

11-14 :mrgreen:
11-15 :oops:
11-16 :mrgreen:
11-17 :oops: boo me.
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Post by ~hf » Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:56 am

This challenge has been a big boost for me this month. If everything goes according to plan I'll be joining the 21 day club on Thanksgiving! :D

Heidi
SW 236.4
10/26/11 restart date
1st goal 21 day club !accomplished! 11/24/11
2nd goal 10% loss
3rd goal...????

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I am going to focus on getting my NDays down

Post by KrystalRingKreations » Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:50 pm

I just started NoS on the 14th so I am going to focus on my N Days for the rest of the month, I hope it's OK that I am starting so late!

Nov
14- :)
15- :)
16- :)
17- :)

18-Sday- My Birthday :P
19-Sday
20-Sday

21- :)
22- :)
23- :)

24- :)
25- :)

26-SDay
27-Sday

28- :)
29- :)
30- :)

Happy NoSing! :) :) :)

All in all I think I might be able to do this!! It is slowly getting easier!
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Post by gk » Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:12 am

~hf wrote:This challenge has been a big boost for me this month. If everything goes according to plan I'll be joining the 21 day club on Thanksgiving! :D

Heidi
Awesome!!!! :D
SW (as of 3/25/13): 172 lbs.
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